Notes from the Upper Room are the words the Lord speaks to me in my quiet time with Him. This message looks at Worship, Praying in Tongues, Rights and Privileges, Conforming to the Image of Christ, and the Neutralizing of the Body of Christ.

Turn to Exodus 17:8-13
(8) Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
(9) And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
Let me ask you a question ladies and
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There is a spiritual battle going on in our world and our own relatives and friends are being attacked; are we praying?

Let us continue our worship of God by continuing our study of the Book of Exodus. Please open your Bibles to Exodus 17….. By the way, we will celebrate Communion next week instead of today. We have been following the Hebrews now freed from Egypt and led and provided for my God. We have noted how
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Moses not following specifically what God said ended in a severe consequence for him and Aaron!

We continue our study of the Book of Exodus as the Hebrews are freed from slavery in Egypt and headed to the Promised Land of Canaan. God called Moses as the key leader. Why study the Bible? We study the Bible to worship God by learning more about Him and about ourselves as we live life God has
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Message 9 in our journey through Exodus. This message explores the incident of water from the rock.

Chico Alliance Church
Pastor David Welch
"Quenching Thirsty Souls” Exodus 17:1-7
REVIEW
What God attempted to teach Israel about pursuing His promise through the wilderness of a fallen world, we need to learn. The experiences that Israel faced on their walk through the
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Message 10 in our journey with Israel recorded in Exodus. This message focuses on the ministry of intercession for others.

Chico Alliance Church
Pastor David Welch
"Intercession for Victory” Exodus 17:8-16
REVIEW
There is no instant spiritual maturity. There is no instant fix for a lifetime of wrong choices.
Regeneration occurs in moment. Our ultimate transformation will happen in the
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Men like Joshua and Moses followed God through difficutl times. A sold out life.

A LIFE PLEASING TO GOD
Introduction: Song Let My Life Be A Light
I. SALVATION IS A MUST
A. You must be born again.
II. COMPLETE DEVOTION
A. To whom do you pledge allegiance?
1. To the Flag of the U.S.?
2. To the Lamb? Ray Boltz --- I Pledge Allegiance
To The
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“The Formula for Spiritual Victory”
Exodus 17:8-16
Exodus 17:11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron
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The walk of the Christian is a walk of warfare. We face battles on every hand. In this Lesson I want
you to see the importance of faith and prayerful support on the battlefield of life.

Mayor Gerardo Balmori
The Salvation Army
INTRODUCTION:
The walk of the Christian is a walk of warfare. We face battles on every hand. In this Lesson I want
you to see the importance of faith and prayerful support on the battlefield of life.
I. THEY LEARNED THAT A TRIAL OFTEN COMES AFTER
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A PLACE OF NO WATER
Exodus 17:1-7
Moses must have been pretty near the end of his tether (Exodus 17:4). After all, the LORD had already heard the cries of His people in their bondage (Exodus 3:7), and sent Moses to them: but it had been all Moses could do to convince them to accept
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God’s Word teaches us that prayer is a serious thing. We should take it seriously.

The Engine Room
(Exodus 17:8-16)
1. Scotty is one of my favorite characters on Star Trek. [project phots of Scotty]
In many episodes, he is the actual link to the crews survival. He says, “I’m givin her all the power I can,” but he always manages to coax a little more power out of the
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Joshua a strong and reliable young man trusts God for the impossible and has everything God wanted him to have.

INTRODUCTION
In the bible the meaning of someone's name was very significant to their story. Joshua means Jehovah saves. We read can read about Joshua in Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy then in Joshua. These stories are about 2000 years old but they still relate to us today because they have
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From the lesson of the victory that was fought and won by Moses' hands being held up by the aid of others, we learn three things we must remember about this spiritual war.

In This War
Introduction: I would like to leave you with a lesson this morning of what it will take to make this church victorious going forward. Having many members does not mean you have an effective church. Having an emotional experience does not mean that you have repented of your sin.
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The children of Israel are attacked at Rephidim by the Amalekites, and Moses has to keep his hands up to insure the victory. Like Moses, Christians must also maintain a position of praise and submission to God to be successful. When we do so, God said wri

1. Background
a. Rephidim
i. Camping place of Israel in the wilderness of Paran
ii. Israel had likely happened upon the Amalekites summer resting spot, and they came
out to protect their pastures from the Israelites
b. Amalek
i. The first
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You know, we sometimes sing a song titled “It’s Gonna Rain, and it includes the words “God got angry upon his throne”. Well it’s true. While God may be slow to anger, the book of Samuel tells of a time when God’s patience was tried.

You know, we sometimes sing a song titled “It’s Gonna Rain, and it includes the words “God got angry upon his throne”. Well it’s true. While God may be slow to anger, the book of Samuel tells of a time when God’s patience was tried. It tells of the story of Who, When and Why.
I know some of you
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